Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-27
FRANK PfXLEY AND THE DEVIL.
How Col. Irish Introduced Dream at
the Expense of the "Argonaurs" Editor.
Portland Oregonian.l

Portland Oregonianl
The most brilliant man in the last spike
party was Col. John P Irish. editor of the
San Francisco AltG. Besides being an able
writer, a splendid speaker and most genial
man, he is fine story teller. He has an
inexhaustible fund of personal reminis-
cences, mostly political, and all brimful of
humor, which he relates charmingly. He
was the life of the party in the car and in
the numerous speech markings. But drop
of bad blood sprang up between him and
Frsnk NJ. Pixley last Sunday. At Rose
burg the crowd wanted TO see the editor of
the Argonaut. and called loudly for him.
Pixley made tirst-rate five minute speech,
dwelling on the beauties of Ore
gon and picturing the future Pacific
empire He closed with an appeal to his
hearers to guard against the invasion of
foreign bigotry, foreign crime and foreign
ignorance. This was Pixley's first public
utterance about his Unknown hobby. As
the train was approaching Eugene some
one told him that the State University was
located there; and what does Pixley do,
when the crowd called Tor him, but make a
speech saying that universities turned out
impractical, useless men, and generally
condemning universities. This made
Irish somewhat angry, and at Albany, in
his address to the crowd, he took Pixley Sc
yerely to task. Then Pixley got half-angry.
After the train pulled out of Albany, W. II.
Committee, told supposititious dream
at Pixley's expense, eyoking hearty
laughter. Irish said good-naturedly
that he intended TO use Mills story to ridi-
cule Pixley the next time the latter re-
ferred to the Roman Church and its ad-
herents. At Salem, Monday morning.
| PiXley, as usual, was called for, and in a
| gentle way (for HIM advanced the views
| of his American party. Then Irish was
I called for. He said that ever since the ex-
| cursionists had entered Oregon, the bright
sunshine, the sight of the hills, the noun
tains, the rivers, the valleys and the for
| ests. had filled everybody's heart with
gladness. The Establishments of Nature
had warmed the souls of all, except his
| friend Pixley. PiXley alone was sad. He
could not help but see over the fair State of
Oregon the shadow of the Pope's toe
Then Irish repeated Mills story, as
follows:
Il had a dream last night. / dreamt
that went to hell. A winged messenger
of his satanic majesty made his appearance
from earth with the news that the people
there were about to establish government
founded on principle. They declared as
| the underlying principle of such govern
| ment that all men were created free and
equal. They actually proposed to have a
government founded on humanity. Turn
ing to one of his imps, the devil in great
rage shouted: Bring me my hat and pot
metal boots Eve got to attend to that case
myself The order was instantly obeyed,
and as the devil was pulling on his
boots a thought struck him, and he
asked the messenger: What side
does Pixley take?' 'Oh, he insists on an
amendment excluding the Irish and the
Jews Kicking off his boot the devil said
to his imp: Fetch me my slippers Pix
| ley's on our side"
The shouts of laughter that went up
| from the crowd which filled the hall of the
| House of Representatives put Pixley in a
bad frame of mind for his luncheon.